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Incident occurred at approximately ~ 11:30 AM Wednesday - 1988.05(May).04
Dispatcher: Fire Department. Fire Department. Roy Westerfield: Pacific Engineering, 8201 Gibson Road in Henderson. Emergency. We need the Fire Department, all you can get here, immediately. Dispatcher: What’s the problem? Westerfield: Oh, everything’s on fire. Dispatcher: What do you mean everything, sir? Westerfield: Our plant. Dispatcher: OK, give me your phone number, please. Westerfield: 585-8741. We just had a big explosion, and everything’s on fire. Dispatcher: OK, what’s the name of the business? Westerfield: Pacific Engineering. We’re Gibson Road and the Los Angeles-Henderson cutoff. Dispatcher: OK, I’ve got that, sir. We’ll send somebody right over. Westerfield: Get ‘em all out here.
After the disaster, PEPCON was renamed Western Electrochemical Co. and relocated about 14 miles northwest of Cedar City, Utah. It is now called Amerian Pacific.
~ Credit: Las Vegas Review Journal 2018.05.02 ...
"30 years ago, massive PEPCON explosion rocked Las Vegas Valley"
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